SolarWinds Serv-U Path Restriction Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2025-40549)

Summary

A Path Restriction Bypass vulnerability exists in Serv-U that when abused, could give a malicious actor with access to admin privileges the ability to execute code on a directory.

This issue requires administrative privileges to abuse. On Windows systems, this scored as medium due to differences in how paths and home directories are handled.

Affected Products

SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2.2.102

Fixed Software Release

SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.3

Advisory Details
Severity
High
Advisory ID
First Published
11/18/2025
Last Updated
11/18/2025
Fixed Version
CVSS Score
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